Our Massive Unfurnished House Won't Sell | Unsellables S1 E7 | House Makeover | Abode 

An clean empty house would not deter me from purchasing it. With it empty, you can see the actual size and can easily determine how YOUR furniture would fit. Trying to "see" beyond someone else's decor can distract you.

Fast forward to 2020, these shows are so interesting to watch. Different market conditions now for sure and nothing is "unsellable"!

Sophie: “Your house is so stuck in the 80s, and it needs furniture. Let me show you what buyers want.” (Takes them to an 80s flashback house with very 80s furniture.)

My stress reliever....anything about houses, and gardens, furnitures and appliances....

It wouldn't put me off a purchase if there were no furniture in a house.

This is a great house. A lot of homes are sold with no furniture in them - people buy homes that are not even built. All this needs is the bathrooms updated.

I love watching these old HGTV shows in 2020, and I'm watching them relatively in order of show date, and I don't like how they no longer reveal whether the house sold. That always leads me to believe it didn't.

It would be so interesting to see all the houses after the new owners moved in

That artwork! I can’t believe it survived the makeover.

She keeps saying at 70s wallpaper/bathrooms but that is 1980s to the early 99s through and through. Hunter green, mauve, slate blue. 70s would’ve been avocado green harvest gold and similar shades.

She called the bathroom plaid 70’s lol 😂 she must be young it more likely early 90s wallpaper possibly 80s but I remember plaid being so popular in 90s

Daughter sold her house, we took photographs of what rooms were before move, as they were already in their new home, it sold in 2 weeks at top price !

The house I fell in love with was largely empty with some of the most unfathomably hideous decor/fixtures/wallpaper/carpet imaginable. Other houses with nearly-identical layouts in the neighborhood were going for $50-75K more, and three years later I can tell you that the amount of time and money I've spent updating it has cost me far, far less than that. I would definitely encourage anyone who is looking to buy a home to see past the cosmetics, especially if the asking price leaves you with the ability to make the changes yourself. Because as much as I hate my outdated brass bathroom fixtures, I'd rather look at them for another year than be paying an extra $12K per year on my mortgage.

They did such a great job on everything else that I can't believe they didn't change out that yellow toilet seat in the formerly plaid bathroom. It looks very old and isn't in keeping with the rest of the room.

What a difference - most houses are super cluttered, at least this one is easier to stage.

I love this lady. She's not rude or whatsoever. Her attitude is gold.

I am really enjoying this show, i understand it is from years back but very interesting to watch

Really dumb to sell the house because it's "too big" when they're essentially just starting out. Unless they have both agreed that there will be ZERO KIDS, hold on to the house and hire a cleaner to come in once a month to vacuum and dust any empty rooms. Truly, they are not that expensive.

You could tell it was really hurting him to leave his childhood home. I totally understand. I just moved out of the home I was in for 25 years. You just have to take the memories with you.

Absence of furniture doesn't prevent getting an offer. Nice furniture however, seems to excite viewers, encouraging them to imagine living in the space.

The fact that 'there's no furniture in here' is putting people off is madness to me. In the UK, we almost always view a property when it's completely empty. 1 - it allows you to imagine your own furniture in the place and 'see' yourself living in the space. 2 - you can get a good look at the walls, layout etc and not worry that cracks and damp have been hidden by a bookcase 3 - it tells you the house is ready to move in straight away and you're not waiting for the current owners to close their next sale and get moved out. I'd be overjoyed to view an empty house!

LMAO "almost makes it look more outdated" she is so diplomatic with this couple. the updates REALLLLLY do make the other rooms look substantially older.

That dark furniture and dark brown curtains in the dining room...ugghhh

The real estate agent should’ve insisted on these very improvements at the time they met to list the property!

#AnthonySayers! I love you! I've always hated removing wallpaper, but I just saw a steamer and I wouldn't have ever thought of that, so that I want to thank you for showing how to do this so much quicker! Totally awesome!

The most realistic home makeover show I have ever seen ❤🇨🇦❤

Why didn't they take the wallpaper off the wall before they put in the new carpet that way the new carpet will not be full of paste and waste. Seems like they did a backwards

LOL. In 2021 it lists for 800k, is run down and not upgraded, and sells for 850k in 3 days with 19 offers.

That painting looks like Sophie

I’d totally buy this house. So spacious, right proportions

I liked the family bath upstairs. Also like the electric blue one. I’d buy this house as is. ☮️✌️🖖

Are people really so unimaginative, that they can't envisage their furnishings in a bare house? Wild.

Leather jacket couple towards the end just cracked me up!

This show is 14 yrs old. I wonder if this couple bought a new, smaller house then started having a bunch of kids? By now, they probably wished that they didn't sell it. How can a house be too big? If you are worried about energy costs, there are things that you can do to reduce that. Even closing off parts of it. I think there are a lot of people that don't think things through carefully before selling.

it's fun to see the crew in action. all that wallpaper removal, yikes!

No headboards on the beds. Much more polished with. In 2020, the blue room bathroom tile floor looks really up to date. We painted out all the specialty wall finishes and replaced all the wall lighting to our 1100 square foot townhouse with small back patio and new kitchen and updated 1 and half bathroom.. It was staged in coastal and boho. Sold in a weekend for $1, 070,00 ($20.000 over asking. Mountain View CA around the block from Goggle. It was SO cute but can you imagine? World’s gone mad.

Is the house too big or is the monthly payment to big? The artwork has to go, and I hate the kitchen which is a very awkward space

I really want those lamps they placed in the living room (same ones they use in nearly every show). They are really nice.

Just needed to update kitchen and bathrooms. I would have cleared out all the furniture instead of filling up the rooms with those ugly, disproportionate pieces.

Better but so much beige/brown/taupe. 🥱

Instead of being an unmemorable house it is now remembered as the house with all the fabulous artwork.

I've owned two houses that I sold "as is". Told the agent that I would not. Made sure that everything was very neat and clean. Both sold within a week of listing and I got close to top dollar. One house was built in 1951 and the other in 1964.

I wonder when was this filmed? That rented furniture looks really dated and awful, really 80's looking, and the art work may of looked OK in the right setting, but not with the neutral tones and awful 80's furniture.

How times have changed, TODAY people prefer to view home empty

Monica Lewinsky with the beret .

What a beautiful large home. I think they should have kept it. It's 2022 people are looking for homes like this.

Hi! Mark and Dana need to have other homes that need help, as they were so fun and upbeat! Take care and be well! Kelly

I love the clips in the end

I would not leave this house. 😁🤩🌺🌺🌺

Good job: take out that ugly paperwall but hang those auwful paintings!! Omg 😱🤦🤪

Love Anthony and so cool

why does this show blurr the art on the walls is it a Canadian thing art is protected like using to much of a song ?

Should have painted the kitchen cabinets also... but overall really good!

What’s old about a glass shower door? Who wants a dang shower curtain blowing in on you while your showering?? I agree with the 70’s wallpaper and decorations! This house at be worth $495,000 but the 2 bed condo styles in the 2 videos I saw for the same price??? Oh hell nah! Is that the going rate for Toronto homes???

That picture in the living room reminds me of the show's presenter (Sophie?)

There is no such thing as too much house-- the artwork is a turn off-. An unfurnished room is not necessarily unsellable. The lack of a unified concept for the flooring and the different types of wallpaper are unfortunate. Removing the gym equipment is essential. If you rent the furniture, the cost will continue during the entire time the house is on the market. It might have been more cost-effective to leave the house totally unfurnished and reduce the cost by a proportionate amount. If would be nice to know if the house received multiple offers.

The steamer is a great idea. Some people used a hair blower.

wow wish they would put this show on again----i miss SOFFIE AND ANTHONY SAYERS.!!!!!!!!

Amazing that people buy a huge house then run out of steam when revamping it. We have a big old three story house just lived with outdated kitchen and bath for a few years and did it up piece by piece started at the top and worked down and it is not easy but it can be done

replace glass shower doors by curtains is an upgrade ? wow.

Crazy! People are buying a house, not furniture. Better to see it empty.

Personally I hate wallpaper. His parents must have tried to give @ room it's own personality. Yuck! As a child of the 1950s I can tell you no bathroom EVER seen had ceramic tile, porcelain vacilities, paneling, wallpaper & paint. OMGOODNESS gross. Love the ladies artwork. GOD BLESS!

Consider staging it very simply.

Why did they hire furniture when they said they’d stored it in the basement?

I like retro so I actually liked the plaid wallpaper and vintage light in the kitchen. I just would have changed the flooring and counter tops in both bathroom and kitchen. I'm pretty sure this is 80s not 70s design. My place was build in 1995 and I had the same time in my kitchen that I hated and replaced. The decor options that were popular when this aired in 2009 are outdated in 2021!

Old shows,look at the TV's.

In England they paint over the wallpaper. Apparently, this woman brought that with here. Those kitchen cabinets are mid1970s, and should have been refinished.

Thankfully no green...the color scheme is beautiful

Why did you paint over the wallpaper that was in the den/sitting room? Did they meet their deadline and sell their house in less then a month? Where there able to move into their new and smaller home? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Your ideas are just common sense

why does every single home in North America I see online have a colonial kitchen? such kitchens were globally trendy in the 1960s-- but that was sixty years ago. Around the world those cabinets have long since been replaced with more modern designs, and new homes stopped having them put in many decades ago. In Australia, a colonial kitchen would turn off just about every buyer under the age of seventy -- only in a retirement home would a colonial kitchen carry some appeal. Don't the vast majority of North Americans prefer modern interior design for their kitchen, as seen in the latest homes and apartments? why are American kitchens in a time warp? can anyone explain it?

I definitely prefer to rent or buy unfurnished place and decorate it in the way I like.

Walls first, floors last. Always

I prefer viewing an empty house. All the staging is distracting.

Furnished homes look more lived in. Not sure about the colors etc but it looked pretty nice. Strange layout. Did it sell?

Well, did they sell it or not? I hate being left hanging...

They never say sold. Or price ?

Why do Americans need walmart sized bedrooms ? They go there to sleep not party !

What's with the big fireplace in such a shallow room? Too many different floor treatments. I don't think the lack of furniture is the problem, too many different wood types and tones. Too much to undo.

Funny dressed people) When it was filmed?

So did they get an offer???

Don't people have an imagination?? U don't need to be an artist or an interior designer to have an imagination!! Funny stuff.

Please suggest guys... When you show property does it include furniture and fixtures with the house by default or the sellers get their furniture..

Was the house sold???

why would an unfurnished house not sell? hmmm

Waterproof floors in Bathrooms? Never ever get an insurance in Sweden.

Is there a reason why the sellers artwork is always blurred out? (Not personal photos but their ordinary pictures).

Nice update but I actually really dislike this house. It’s boring for starters and despite the updates it still looks dated with all the pine walls. The bathrooms, although a huge improvement, are still dated and extremely boring. The kitchen is just horrible. That’s just my opinion though.

From where are they purchasing the inexpensive curtains and paint?

Love this show. Learned so much. I have a question...we turned our formal living room into our family room much larger. We moved our dining room into old family room What do you think? We never buses our formal living room and the family room was too small. Did we do this correctly. The old dining room was near formal living room now open space. Thanks for your opinion.

Who can afford that much for a renovation when money is needed for new house......

The makeover still had dark curtains, ugly artwork, still had some wood on the walls etc.........it was still old fashioned.

Yeah, well - those two don't look as though they would even know how to take down wallpaper or which end of a screwdriver to use.

The way she placed the two sofas in the sitting room was awkward. There was a sliding glass door behind the one sofa so it blocked off the entrance and exit. The two sofas were facing one another but if the one sofa was placed on the wall so it faced the fireplace it would have become the focal point of the room. Very awkward placement of furniture throughout the house and what furniture they rented was dated. A great improvement over the gaudy colored walls. The kitchen cabinets should have been painted white to get rid of that dated look and freshen it up. Kitchens are the biggest reason for buying a house so I can't understand why the bathrooms were the only place they really did some renovations. I rate this a five out of ten as far as sellability and appeal to buy a house.

Hello from Washington State 😁💐🌷🌹

LOVE the art over the sofa in LR. I didn’t really get the cat painting but the placement was neat!

Why didn’t they cut that overgrown tree in yard?

OMG! Horrible before, and afterwards :(

15:00 🤣🤣🤣

These shows are from 2007-2008, but they leave in appliances from the 70’s-80’s... horrible. Paint the walls all you want... nobody wants repainted cabinets and old Formica countertops... add another $2000 to the budget and do it right.